Shelf bracket



April 7, 1931- H. RAYMOND 1,799,441

SHELF BRACKET Filed June 14, 1928 law )5.

Patented Apr. 7, 1931 UNrrsn STATES main PATENT oFFicE HQRACE H. RAYMOND, OF BERLIN, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR TO THE STANLEY WORKS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ACORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT SHELF BRACKET Application filed June 14,

This invention relates to a bracket adapted to be secured toa wall and to support a shelf, or the like.

The aim of the invention is to provide a 5 bracket of this sort which is characterized by its simplicity in construction, its economy in manufacture, and the ease and facility with which it may be secured firmly in place. to the present invention may be very cheaply made from inexpensive stock, preferably strip metal, and, although the bracket is of relatively light weight, it is strong and durable. Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out more in detail hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the appended claims. In the accompanying drawing, wherein I have shown, for illustrative purposes, one

of the embodiments which the present inbracket is truncated so as to provide a short vertical length 13 between the base, or leg 11 and the hypotenuse. he shelf S is supported by the base 11 and, if desired, may be secured thereto by nails 14:. The strutportion 12 prevents the shelf from falling ofi. Obviously, the shelf S is shown by way of example only, as the brackets may support various articles, such as rods. p

The meta-l strip, from which the bracket A bracket constructed according tion 12. The lower forward corner of the 1928. Serial No. 285,240.

is formed, is twisted o1 bent through anangle of at the lower end of the strut 12, so that this strut is brought into a vertical plane and at right angles to the planes of the legs 10 and 11. The upper end of the strut 12 is adapted to be secured in place. Theupper end of the leg 10 is provided with a V-shaped transversely-extending. projection or. corrugation so as to provide a downwardly and outwardly inclined seat 17 v for the rear end of the sleeve 15. This seat portion 17 is provided with an 0pening18 adapted to register with the opening through the sleeve so as to accommodate the nail 16. V

The bracket may be very securely and easily secured in place by inexperienced persons by merely positioning the vertical leg 10 against'a wall to which the bracket is to be secured, and then hitting the head of the nail with a hammer or other .suitable tool. The sleeve15 and the opening in the seat 17 constitute a guide for the nail as it is being driven into place. The nail is driven into the wallat such angle that the weight ofthe bracket will not pull the nail from place; but, on the other'hand, will tend tohold it more firmly in place. After the nail 16 is driven home, another nail 20 may be driven into the wall through an opening 21 in the vertical leg 10.

It will be observed that my improved bracket may be very easily and econoinically manufactured from strip metal; the ends of the strip metal from which the bracket is manufactured are securely and firmly held together by the nail which secures the bracket in place; and the bracket may be easily ap- 5 plied by inexperienced persons.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description, or shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

I claim as my invention:

1. A bracket for supporting a shelf or the like and comprising a right-angled triangular member formed of a strip of metal and having a vertical wall-engaging portion, a horizontal shelf supporting portion, and an inclined strut, said Wall-engaging portion having adjacent its upper end a V-shaped offset, the upper leg of which is provided with an opening, the upper end of said strut being rolled to form a downwardly and rearwardly inclined sleeve, the end of said sleeve being adapted to rest upon said offset; and a nail extending through said sleeve and said opening in said offset for holding said bracket in closed position and securingthe same in place. p

2. A bracket for supporting a shelf or the like and comprising a strip of metal bent into triangular form and having a vertical wall engaging portion, a horizontal shelf supporting portion extending from the lower end of said wall engaging portion, and an inclined strut extending upwardly and rearwardly from the forward end of said shelf receiving portion, the ends of said strip being brought together at the top of the wall engaging portion, the upper end of said strut being rolled to form a downwardly and rearwardly i11- clined nail receiving sleeve, said wall portion adjacent its upper end having an opening in registry with the bore through'said sleeve, and a nail extending through said sleeve and opening for tying the ends of the bracket together and securing said bracket in place. 7

HORACE H. RAYMOND. 

